July 12th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
Here is a quick recap of the interesting information on data visualization, which we have discovered this week – and, of course, of some AnyChart news:
July 8th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
AnyChart 7.5.1, a bug fix release of our HTML5 charts, is now available. This version contains the following changes:
Improvements
- Improved the Animation feature.
Bug fixes
We are sorry for any inconveniences caused by the bugs. Our team is constantly working to improve AnyChart and achieve the best quality possible. And you’re always welcome to submit any questions to our support system.
AnyChart version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
Trial download: https://www.anychart.com/download/
July 3rd, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
Today we are glad to publish a new customer success story – about AnyChart and Sparks & Associates.
The Actualized Leadership Profile (ALP) is a 77-item self assessment that measures an individual’s dominant motive need and corresponding style of leadership. Based on the seminal works of Abraham Maslow and David McClelland, the ALP measures the degree of self-actualization that is demonstrated in one’s current style of leadership. A customized, full color and confidential report identifies the strengths and limitations in the individual’s current leadership approach.
The challenge was:
- To provide a creative and intuitive visualization of personal assessment results.
- To create a visualization that accepts result parameters from the system’s existing ASP code.
Solution:
You can enjoy the full success story here:
Or see other AnyChart Customer Success Stories.
June 30th, 2015 by Anton Baranchuk
Every day at AnyChart we deal with a lot of different data visualizations, charts, diagrams, dashboards when we help our clients to build their beautiful products. So, we have a lot of experience with both Flash and HTML5 charts, but also we recognize power of reading to get theoretical understanding of basic concept from guru-thinkers. Here are our top 5 picks: Read more »
June 18th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
Good news! Today we have two major releases of our HTML5 charts for our customers: AnyChart 7.5.0 and AnyGantt 7.5.0. In the new versions of our components, you will find the Funnel and Pyramid chart types, Dashbording Tools, the Printing and Animation options, and other significant improvements. Check them out:
AnyChart 7.5.0 New Features
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Dashboarding Tools
The purpose of Dashboarding Tools is to provide simple and convenient instruments for building complex Dashboards. In the current release we present the first part of this set: the ability to highlight/hide series and points, using special methods.
See API Reference for more details >> |
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Printing
The new printing method allows you to make a full-page print of a chart or a dashboard. It supports eight paper size formats: US Letter, A0 – A6, and the portrait/landscape switch.
Read more about Printing >> |
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Animation
Most popular charts types – Line, Column, Bar, Area, and so on – are now animated. Animation supports duration settings and start&finish events.
Take a look at the Gallery samples >> |
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Funnel Charts
Funnel charts (also called accumulation charts) show percentage ratio. They are often used to represent different stages in sales process and show the amount of potential revenue for each stage.
Read more about Funnel Charts >>
Take a look at the Gallery samples >> |
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Pyramid Charts
Pyramid charts are used to visualize the hierarchical structure of topics, and progressively ordered quantitative data.
Read more about Pyramid Charts >>
Take a look at the Gallery samples >> |
AnyGantt 7.5.0 New Features
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Printing
The new printing method allows you to make a full-page print of your chart. It supports eight paper size formats: US Letter, A0 – A6, and the portrait/landscape switch.
Read more about Printing >> |
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Events
Events allow to handle such user actions as rowClick, rowMouseOver, rowMouseMove, etc. with the .listen() and .listenOnce() methods. Using this methods, you can override default chart interactivity. |
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XML/JSON/CSV Data Support
The XML and JSON formats can be used for data and settings input; CSV can be used for data input. XML and JSON schemas are available.
Learn how you can work with data >> |
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Summary Tasks Auto-Calculation
The actualStart, actualEnd, and progressValue data fields of grouping tasks became optional. If they are missing, auto-calculation is done, based on tasks in the group.
Take a look at the Gallery sample >> |
AnyChart version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
AnyGantt version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anygantt/history/
Trial download: https://www.anychart.com/download/
June 11th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
We are happy to announce that a new customer success story has been added to our site.
DeviceLock, Inc, established in 1996, is a leading provider of endpoint device/port control and data leak prevention software for business, education and government institutions around the world. The company offers DeviceLock, a policy-based endpoint data leak prevention (DLP) security solution that enables network administrators to centrally control uploading and downloading activity through local computer devices and network protocols and applications.
The challenge was:
- To present the activity of DeviceLock in a clear and visually appealing way.
- To make complex data easy to read and understand so that the situation could be quickly evaluated by the end user.
Solution:
- AnyChart JavaScript charts were chosen as a solution. The component allows to create stylish interactive HTML5 charts and provides excellent rendering performance.
- Due to wide variety of chart types and the flexibility of AnyChart, it was possible to implement user-friendly data visualizations.
You can enjoy the full success story here:
Or see other AnyChart Customer Success Stories.
June 2nd, 2015 by AnyChart Team
Several experts and sources say William Playfair deserves credit for the development of the first bar chart in 1786. However, this statement appears to be misleading, or if not wrong, at least just a part of the truth.
If we get down to the bare facts, one of the greatest thinkers and scientists of the Middle Ages, Nicole Oresme, used a bar chart more than 300 years before Playfair, in his publication titled The Latitude of Forms (14th century). Oresme decided to plot velocity of a constantly accelerating object against time, and here is what he drew:
These were the first bar charts in history!
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May 22nd, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
We are very pleased to announce that AnyChart have partnered with Datonix.
Datonix primary product is datonixOne, a computer appliance designed for BIGDATA Solutions and eXpress development. Using datonixOne, Federated BIGDATA applications can be quickly developed, providing ready information for end users.
AnyChart partners: https://www.anychart.com/partners/.
May 15th, 2015 by Timothy Loginov
In the AnyChart 7.4.1 update, we have added a lot of great features and improvements including a major upgrade of Legend API. Here is the full list of improvements and bug fixes:
New Features
Legend API Improvements
(For more information, see the Legend API Reference.)
- Removed the itemsProvider method.
- Added the itemsSourceMode method, allowing a set of legend items to switch between series and categories.
- Added the items method, allowing to create a custom set of legend items.
- Added the itemsFormatter method, allowing to customize the default set of legend items.
- Added the itemsTextFormatter method, allowing to customize the text of legend items.
- Added the hoverCursor method, allowing to customize the behavior of the cursor.
- Added the inverted method, allowing to invert the sequence of legend items.
- Added the legendItem method for all series, allowing to customize legend items.
Legend Interactivity Improvements
(For more information, see the Legend section in our User’s Guide.)
- A series is highlited when a legend item is hovered.
- A series is disabled when a legend item is clicked.
- Added an easy way to customize the default behavior via the preventDefault and stopPropagation methods.
Other Improvements
- The default interactivity now works the same in all chart types (Radar/Polar, Cartesian, Scatter, etc.).
- Circular Gauges: drawing improved.
Bug fixes:
- Solved problems with multiple lines in texts (\n\n).
- Tables are now redrawn when internal settings of charts are changed.
- Y-scale is no longer inverted in Win/Loss series.
- Changing the orientation of a Bullet Chart no longer causes the drawing bug.
- Solved problems with drawing multiple axes in Cartesian and Scatter Charts.
- Fixed the bug with Tooltips padding.
- Hover settings for Data Labels now can be set from Data.
- Fixed the bug with drawing Grids in IE6-8 (VML).
- Fixed the bug with the position of Tooltips in IE6-8 (VML).
AnyChart version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
Trial download: https://www.anychart.com/download/
March 30th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
A new version of our component – AnyChart 7.4.0 – is available for download. We have implemented a number of important features including 4 new chart types: Sparkline, Error, Box&Whisker, and Circular Gauges. Check out the main improvements:
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